What’s the best translation of The Brothers Karamazov?
Dostoevsky died before writing the second half of the two-part story he wanted to tell with these characters, but this half is nevertheless a much-admired achievement.
Russian
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What’s the best translation of War and Peace by Tolstoy?
So you’re going to read War and Peace in English. A worthy ambition. But do you want the embedded French passages translated into English in the text itself, or in footnotes?
What’s the best translation of Anna Karenina?
I read and enjoyed the Maude translation, but most people will have heard of the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation, as it was chosen for Oprah’s book club in 2004. Supposedly it sounds more like Tolstoy than, say, Garnett…
What’s the best translation of Crime and Punishment?
“Not to have read it is a crime, and reading it is the punishment.”
Review of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (translated by Constance Garnett)
I was happy with the Garnett translation; not so happy with the Nietzschean philosophy.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in Russian
Cyrillic: Incomprehensible yet blessedly phonetic!